US EditionA timeline of US strikes on boats that have killed 64
The strikes targeted suspected narcotics boats in international waters, killing over 60 people, with no evidence provided and criticism over their legality.
- The U.S. military has killed 64 people in 15 strikes that have destroyed 16 boats, which Washington says is aimed at curtailing the flow of drugs into the United States.
- The Trump administration has told Congress that the U.S. is now in an armed conflict against drug cartels, labeling those killed unlawful combatants and claiming the ability to engage in lethal strikes without judicial review due to a classified Justice Department finding.
- Some members of Congress and human rights groups have questioned that finding and argued that potential drug traffickers should face prosecution, as had been the policy of interdiction carried out by the U.S. before President Donald Trump took office.
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Death toll from Trump-Hegseth boat murders reaches 65
The US military has carried out at least 15 lethal strikes on small boats in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific since Trump’s September 2 order for the summary execution of supposed drug smugglers. All the attacks are war crimes under international law.
A timeline of US strikes on boats that have killed 64
The US military has killed 64 people in 15 strikes that have destroyed 16 boats as part of a campaign that Washington says is aimed at curtailing the flow of drugs into the United States. There have been three survivors of those strikes, two of whom were briefly detained by the US Navy before being returned to their home countries.
The commitment takes place in a tense context, with American warships located in the Caribbean for anti-drug operations that have already resulted in at least 65 deaths since September.
Pete Hegseth reported that an attack ordered by Trump left three dead; it brings the total to 15 attacks and at least 64 victims since September. Regeneración, 3 of […] The entry US Attack #15 on Ship in the Caribbean was first published on RegeneraciónMX.
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